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Accrued expenses payable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Accrued Expenses Payable |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Accruals and estimations |  | $ | 9,059 |  |  | $ | 5,849 |
Labor related provisions |  |  | 44,188 |  |  |  | 31,785 |
Liability for social security contributions |  |  | 6,432 |  |  |  | 5,700 |
Other |  |  | 642 |  |  |  | 1,028 |
|  | $ | 60,321 |  |  | $ | 44,362 |

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